| fatslob-:O said: It's almost certainly going to be the same OS so let's not entertain the concern of an entirely new OS for even a second ... Next gen console architectures were built in mind to be backwards compatible with old software like the OS ... |
Well no. Backwards compatibility doesn't necessitate the need for the same OS.
Virtualization is a thing, the Xbox One runs multiple Operating Systems such as the Xbox 360 OS on top of the main OS when doing backwards compatibility.
In short, I am not willing to assert something as "fact" when we simply have absolutely zero evidence to substantiate such claims... And neither should anyone else.
| fatslob-:O said: Considering the PS4 Pro also had an auxiliary ARM processor as well (pattern starting to emerge), I wouldn't say that it won't have any bearing as to what the PS5 will feature. Sony is pretty much guaranteed to at least keep the ARM processor or expand upon it for compatibility purposes ... |
Only the consoles that released in the Playstation 4 family had an auxiliary ARM processor.
The Playstation 3 did not, the Xbox did not.
Again... I am not willing to assert something as "fact" when we simply have zero evidence to substantiate such claims... There may be enough CPU capacity this time around across two CPU cores to make such auxiliary chips entirely redundant.
| fatslob-:O said: That's 31% of the American households and if we also take Steam hardware survey into account, most high-spec gamers don't care about 4K |
31% of TV's that are 4k capable is not an insignificant number.
Plus many 1080P users see value in a 4k console due to the benefits downsampling brings.
Steam is also the PC which is an entirely different demographic and is thus disingenuous to assume that they are representative of the Console+TV market.
Sony and Microsoft have been relatively successful with their "Enhanced" consoles that are chasing those higher resolutions, that is only going to continue as we enter the next gen. (Which is still over a year away from release mind you... So 4k will only gain more prominence over the next few years naturally anyway.)
| fatslob-:O said: More people should be concerned about their uplink speeds rather than what their device is capable of outputting ... |
Why?
| fatslob-:O said: Of course it isn't your problem but it won't matter much anyways since their APUs lag behind their discrete CPU/GPU design cadence ... AMD APUs won't be worth pursuing either until DDR5 arrives ... |
We have no idea if AMD's APU's will be any better than their current efforts relative to whatever else is available on the market at the time.
AMD is keeping it's notebook chips a step behind their desktop efforts... Which isn't doing their mobile efforts any favors.
I mean... Take the Ryzen 2500u/3500u and compare it against the higher tier 2700u/3700u... The 2500u/3500u will often outperform the 2700u/3700u in games thanks to how AMD manages it's TDP for the graphics portion of the chip... Despite having a CU less!
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